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Theodore B. (Theodore Benedict) Lyman

1815–1893 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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  1. St. Matthew's vestry asks Joseph Blount Cheshire to be its rector The vestries of St. Matthew's and the Burlington church asked Joseph Blount Cheshire to take charge of their parishes. He would have come to his wife's home town, but Bishop Lyman wanted him to stay in Chapel Hill. People: Joseph Blount Cheshire Jr., Theodore B. (Theodore Benedict) Lyman Place: St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Hillsborough · Also named: Bishop LymanSearch the index · Pauline O. Lloyd and Allen A. Lloyd, History of the Churches of Hillsborough, N.C., ca. 1766-1962 (1963), scan p. 76

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Interview with Mrs. Marshall Delancey Haywood, Raleigh, NC

Haywood, Martha Hawkins Bailey, 1890-1969 · 1968

Interviews recorded in spring 1968 with Martha Hawkins Bailey Haywood, Mrs. Marshall DeLancey Haywood of Raleigh, by the Wakefield Junior Historian Club for an oral history project. One reel-to-reel tape, with a CD version and transcripts. Her memories range over Raleigh houses, streets, families and institutions; Chapel Hill and the university are mentioned. State Archives of North Carolina, TR.40.

Included because: Catalog heading in the State Archives of NC record: Lyman, Theodore B. (Theodore Benedict), 1815-1893.

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